When I was in elementary school we used to have “library class” once a week.  At first it was when the librarian would read us a story and as we grew older it was when we would be taught mundane skills that we only realized were important later on:  how to use an index, find ...

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Some days are just good.  Today was one of them.  I started off my day at Zone5ive event on 50 Ideas for using LinkedIn and Twitter for business.  And after that I got to see Malcolm Gladwell speak at the NAC brought to us by the United Way  (and then to link the first and ...

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There is a lot of  social media hype going around…. GET on the BANDWAGON, include it in your MARKETING STRATEGY, set up a BLOG, a TWITTER account, a LINKEDIN account, a FACEBOOK ….(all caps lock words heard as if on loud speaker).  It’s exhausting and just confusing.  Most of those I met during the networking ...

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As you might now, TBridge started a book club and the first book we read was Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell.  A week after our review, Stephen Daze comes in during our weekly meeting announcing that Malcolm Gladwell will be at the NAC June 11th and since we had all just read ...

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Through TalentBridge I was introduced to Entrepreneur’s Edge (e2) – a 5 day boot camp offered by OCRI offering intensive interactive classes transferring knowledge form seasoned entrepreneurs and experts to new entrepreneurs.  I was able to attend an “e2 Lite” session last week (May 26, 2009), the condensed version of the main e2 program, hosted by ...

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There are a lot of good events we get to go to as TBridge students, but my personal favorites are the E1o1 sessions.  Small, intimate gatherings of young people bitten with the entrepreneurial bug providing lots of  information, questions, and anecdotal stories - and did I mention enthusiasm?!? Social media, social communities, their uses and downfalls - all that was ...

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As part of the TBridge perks, we get a chance to attend the Technology Executive Breakfasts held the last Thursday of every month.  This month (May 28, 2009) the key note speakers are from Fuel Industries:  Warren Tomlin (President of Fuel Industries) and Mike Burns (CEO of Fuel Industries). Stay tuned for our thoughts and commentaries ...

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Eight weeks ago four couch potatoes decided they were going to run a marathon.  Ok not a marathon, a 10K race (to the couch potatoes, 10K or marathon pretty much amounted to the same thing).  They went out to train the first day.  Two of the four barley ran the 3K they had planned for the day, ...

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Last Thursday, April 30, 2009, I attended the TEB event, since TalentBridge participants are fortunate enough to have a table at the events (yes, I love my job).  Speaking was Oak Noell of Abbott Point of Care (Divisional Vice President Manufacturing Operations and Strategy).  Thanks to the close connection between Manu Sharma and Luc Lalande ...

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Last Wednesday I went to an Engineers Without Borders (EWB) Development Drinks meeting where the topic was Microfinancing in Canada.  The speaker was Ray Folkins, a management consultant by trade (MM, CA, CMC), and an avid social entrepreneur.  He is currently the co-president of P4 Bottomline (where the P4 stands for People, Planet, Peace, and ...

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